Police ‘don’t approach warning’ as Stoke-on-Trent prisoners flee jail and head to Staffordshire

08/12/2023

Two prisoners from Stoke-on-Trent have walked out of prison. Benjamin Pownall and Jack Humphries left the open prison, HMP Sudbury, at around 5.15pm yesterday (December 6). The pair then got into a vehicle which is believed to have travelled into Staffordshire.

Both have links to the Potteries and the public are being advised not to approach them. Pownall, 27, was serving four-year four-month jail sentence for robbery, weapons and driving offences when he absconded from the jail just off the A50 in Derbyshire. Humphries, 28, meanwhile had been jailed for seven-years and two months for drug offences.

StokeonTrentLive previously reported how Humphries [1] was arrested in June 2021 after a raid on an address in Heron Street, Heron Cross, uncovered cocaine worth GBP1,300, a tub of cannabis vegetation, two phones and a set of digital scales. READ: Bentilee mum’s horror as son, 10, shoved out of way during brazen defrosting car theft [2] | Kasia Wasilewska said she and her son were left shaken after the terrifying incident, which happened when she briefly went in the house to get an ice scraper READ: Family tribute to football-mad Smiler, 31, who was pulled from river after crash [3] Talented footballer Kial Thurman was described as a ‘bright, creative, and kind young man’ who was rarely seen without a football by his feet

While he was under investigation for that offence, the father-of-two, of Shelburne Street, was again caught with cocaine and criminal property at an address in Shelburne Street, Stoke [4], in March this year. A total of 13.83 grams of cocaine was found concealed inside the kitchen hob extractor fan. And more than GBP450 in cash, a machete, phone, deal bags and digital scales were also seized from the address.

Dad Humphries – who has multiple dating back to 2009 – pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to supply, possession of cannabis, and possession of cannabis with intent to supply on two separate occasions. Anyone who has information about their whereabouts is asked to contact Derbyshire police using any of the below methods, including reference 23*751340: You can also anonymously contact the independent charity CrimeStoppers, on 0800 555 111, or by visiting the CrimeStoppers website [5].

References

^ previously reported how Humphries (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^ Bentilee mum’s horror as son, 10, shoved out of way during brazen defrosting car theft (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^ Family tribute to football-mad Smiler, 31, who was pulled from river after crash (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^ Stoke (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
^ CrimeStoppers website (crimestoppers-uk.org)
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